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Scientists Discover Super THC Compound

THCP is described as '30 times' more potent than THC.
THCP is described as '30 times' more potent than THC.
Bluntness Editorial
By Bluntness EditorialFeb 06, 2020
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If you thought THC has gotten more strong over the years, you ain’t seen nothing yet.


A new report published in Nature, Scientific Reports indicates tetrahydrocannabiphorol or THCP could deliver 30 times the high of THC, this reported earlier this week in CNN International.


THC, unlike CBD, is the psychoactive compound found in cannabis. Another compound that was described by CNN International as “a cousin of CBD,” CBDP, was also found in the same lab study.


The discovery, made by Italian scientists, could help experts figure out how to use cannabis more efficiently for “targeted physical effects.”


Read more on this revolutionary study on CNN International, here.

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